Ball-bearing.



No. 856,599. PATENTBD JUNE 11, 1907. w NICE, JR I BALL BEARING. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1906 Pia/.-

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WILLIAM NICE, JR., OF OGONTZ, PENNSYLVANIA.

BALL-BEARING- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 19o7.

Application filed June 15,1906. Serial No. 321.850-

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N ICE, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ogontz, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain- Improvements in Ball-Bearings, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention is more particularly a ball bearing having an improved separator for. holding the balls apart while sustaining them in their race, and for permitting them to be separately inserted and withdrawn, in combination with a jacket for holding 'the separator and race in their proper relation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view representing the invention, parts being broken away for the purposeof illustration, Fi 2 is a' plan view of the same with parts bro en away and Fig. 3 represents a transverse sectional view through the'separator and a finger thereon.

The bearin comprises a race A, of substantially L-s. aped cross section, having a flange a for retaining l the balls B, and a sheet metalseparator C, aving fingers 0 cut out and bent at an obtuse angle to .the body to hold the'balls in, the race and'separate them so that they do not make contact, in combination with a softmetal jacket D having a flan e (I turned over the angle of the race and the parallel flange (1 turned over the the latter lyi within the adjacent member of the race. hrough the opening in the bearing thus-formed is inserted the shaft E on which maybe fitted a sleeve F having a conical bearing surfacef for enga ing the the shaft.

As it is sometimes necessary to remove and or for other reasons, fingers c of flexible char- .carried thereby, a floating upon saidballs and having fingers separate,

sociating the parts since such [in ers can be bent up, turned down, or adjuste to any po-:

sition desired.

Having described my invention I claim 1. A ball bearing comprisin a race, ,balls evice resting ing them, and means for securing said floatmg device in o erative relatlon to sald race and balls sald ngers belng flexible and said arts disposed to permit the removal and lnsertion of said balls in the assembled relation of said arts.

2. A ball race of substantially L-shaped cross section,

balls supported by said race,'a separator pressed to shape from sheet metal and hay-' mg fingers disposed between said balls, and

a acket having flanges which hold said race and separator together.

3. A ball bearin comprising a race, in combination withbe ls, a separator having a caring comprising a circular body resting upon said balls and fingers bent said balls, and a jacket havin parallel flanges thereon which hold said,sep-

arator and race together. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name this 12th day of June, 1906, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

NICE, JR.

Witnesses Jos. G.-DENNY,Jr., Ronnn'r JAMES EARLEY. 

